Author Topic: how to power an arcade monitor (Read 27447 times)

Petesie · « **Reply #120 on:** July 27, 2008, 11:48:59 am »

2 questions - 1 - why is this unique so i know and 2 how do i clamp the wires into this connector in the pc and how do the wires come out of pc when finished?

Petesie · « **Reply #121 on:** July 27, 2008, 11:51:07 am »

i will send u email of pics from pc so u se owt i see.

Petesie · « **Reply #122 on:** July 27, 2008, 11:54:07 am »

roast beef time - will be 15 minutes

grantspain · « **Reply #123 on:** July 27, 2008, 11:56:14 am »

this is unique as a bulb is not polarity sensitive,in other words you can plug a bulb in either way around
almost all components that need a voltage to run are polarity sensitive,i.e if you connect a capacitor in back to front it will explode

get it?

cut the black and yellow wires of the pc plug/connect to the bulb using connector block/drill or bend a hole in the pc case or run the wires through a gap in the back

Petesie · « **Reply #124 on:** July 27, 2008, 12:16:29 pm »

check ur mail in 2 minutes matey

Petesie · « **Reply #125 on:** July 27, 2008, 12:28:44 pm »

ok cut the black and yellow of te connector and put them trought small vents in back of machine - typical, ive run out of connector blocks, im away on the borrow - wont b long, as everyone has these

grantspain · « **Reply #126 on:** July 27, 2008, 12:31:49 pm »

Quote from: Petesie on July 27, 2008, 12:28:44 pm

ok cut the black and yellow of te connector and put them trought small vents in back of machine - typical, ive run out of connector blocks, im away on the borrow - wont b long, as everyone has these

yes

one slight problem mate,your pc mobo does not have an agp or pci slot for a vga card

Petesie · « **Reply #127 on:** July 27, 2008, 01:03:03 pm »

ok so wot do i do bout that then master?

grantspain · « **Reply #128 on:** July 27, 2008, 01:04:47 pm »

Quote from: Petesie on July 27, 2008, 01:03:03 pm

ok so wot do i do bout that then master?

well that pc is just about useless for mame,there is no way the onboard graphics will support custom resolution and the cpu will run so slow that some of the games will be freezing

Petesie · « **Reply #129 on:** July 27, 2008, 01:08:36 pm »

i have a good mate who wsorks for fijitsu so upgrade of parts shouldnt be a problem if i can do that to this pc - any ideas on wot i might need?

grantspain · « **Reply #130 on:** July 27, 2008, 01:12:07 pm »

i have a good idea what you need,
a new mobo bundle,something a lot more powerful than you have atm
and a new power supply as a new mobo will not run on the one you have

you could buy the lot on ebay for a few quid

Petesie · « **Reply #131 on:** July 27, 2008, 01:13:46 pm »

spell it out for me - im looking on ebay for wot exactley?

grantspain · « **Reply #132 on:** July 27, 2008, 01:20:24 pm »

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Asrock-K8Upgrade-760GX-Motherboard-with-AMD-64-3000-CPU_W0QQitemZ280248179502QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280248179502&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318
something like this

Petesie · « **Reply #133 on:** July 27, 2008, 01:23:01 pm »

ok thx for that good info. is there no way of upgrading it cause im 100% my mate has parts coming outta his ears.

grantspain · « **Reply #134 on:** July 27, 2008, 01:27:59 pm »

you need a motherboard that has either a agp or pcie slot(from this you can order the avga card)
try to get a mobo with onboard sound
the processor needs to be over 2ghz
a nice amount of ram
then of course you need a power supply with the guts to run it all

Petesie · « **Reply #135 on:** July 27, 2008, 01:30:45 pm »

on the phone with my fijitsu/siemens mate now to see wot he has - will report back soon

Petesie · « **Reply #136 on:** July 27, 2008, 01:58:46 pm »

my mate has nowt but is gonna look on the bay after he has his dinner to see wots the best one to buy!

Petesie · « **Reply #137 on:** July 27, 2008, 01:59:47 pm »

so i can do no more today then - bummer

Petesie · « **Reply #138 on:** August 04, 2008, 07:03:07 am »

ordered a new motherboard for my pc - s/thing with a bit more juice - 2.4ghz 160mb ram and a 160gig external hard drive for all the music for the jukebox function.
also spoke to andy at ultimarc and ordered a arcade vga card( agp version)today so should be with me soon and then i can wire this baby up

grantspain · « **Reply #139 on:** August 04, 2008, 07:05:28 am »

remember that your pc psu needs the guts to run your new set up or it will freeze up and reset

Petesie · « **Reply #140 on:** August 04, 2008, 10:22:25 am »

forgot to add grant that i also ordered a new 400 watt pc psu as well.

Petesie · « **Reply #141 on:** August 04, 2008, 10:25:14 am »

i will email u a few pictures of my googies i bought if ur interested?


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